The AGORA Team
AGORA is an executive search firm that specializes in recruiting high-level pastors, leaders, and executives for challenging positions in a variety of sectors.
Since 2000, AGORA has filled over 160 searches, with businesses that range from regional market start-ups to global manufacturing firms. Our approach to executive search starts with the organization: understanding the unique needs of the position, taking time to craft a compelling strategy and story, and working every corner of the market to surface the highest level of talent.
Rob brings nearly 30 years of consulting and recruiting experience, a unique 4 phase process, and a broad variety of professional backgrounds into his role as President of AGORA. He founded it in 2000 out of his personal desire to bring a more relational approach to the executive search process, rather than a transactional one that continued to frustrate him, his clients, and his candidates.
As a former architect, Tom Tunnicliff brings a designer's mindset to the pastoral search process. Serving in multiple church and seminary leadership roles over the past 30 years, Tom has a sensitivity to the unique needs of churches in pastoral transition. He and his wife reside in Wisconsin, love to mountain bike, and have three adult children and three grandchildren keeping them on their toes.
Doug Stevens has served as a lead pastor, a seven-times transitional pastor, a youth and young adult pastor, and a coach for pastors and ministry leaders over four decades across denominational and cultural lines in various places around the US and internationally. He is a mentor and coach, speaker and writer, encourager and challenger, interventionist and peacemaker who invests in people and their calling, as well as in the health, vitality and Kingdom-oriented mission of the church. Doug is an avid mountain biker, culture watcher and world traveler. He and his wife Nancy now live in Austin Texas close to their kids and grandkids who are all from California.
Mark brings more than 35 years of experience working with leaders and developing leadership teams as a Christian School educator and coach. His passion is to see servant-leaders reach their potential of maximum impact for Christ within their organizations and for those who will be chosen to lead new programs in the Christian and non-profit world. He and his family reside in Milwaukee, WI, but has deep roots in Southern California as a former surfer and beach volleyball player.
Steve Alderete is a veteran worship leader with more than 35 years of ministry experience. Steve is passionate about building healthy teams and equipping others to use their gifts to serve the Kingdom. Besides being an amateur woodworker, Steve enjoys exploring his home state of Idaho with his wife.
Michael has served churches in the Midwest, West, and the South, in mobile churches and megachurches for nearly 30 years. Michael’s passion for healthy leadership has been evident while serving as a Lead Pastor, Worship Pastor, and as a coach and mentor to pastors, churches and business owners across the country.